founder of the well known Ford Motor Company
pioneered in mass production of famous nice cars
made a global standard for manufacturing
Ozzy placed an ad that said: Ozzy
Zig requires a gig. It was that ad that
Zoomed him into stardom. As a
Young boy, like many others around the world, I was
Overwrought by the sound he and his bandmates pioneered. Ozzy`s
Songs and music is heavy and loud but his voice was so soulful. Misunderstood
By many of his critics. Ozzy was loved and admired to the point of
Obsession by others, they saw him as their
Unsung hero. For me I had immense
Respect for the man. He and his bandmates were the ones who
Nurtured and grew the genre of music i have loved for the past 50 years. The
Evolution of metal started with him...R.I.P Ozzy
If they draw too close, I will call your name
Echo—lame
An unenviable feat despite a large crowd
Echo—proud
A brotherhood against fighting for love
Echo—shove
Because everyone seeds the same fruit
Echo—root
Each lifespan is an echo of the one before
Echo—door
They used what they learned to find a better
Echo—letter.
As it's our time to be silent, we may pray
Echo—astray.
The truth our voice carries will last forever
Echo—clever
Lengthy lyrics imply that life is a dance
ECHO—trance
Randomness is just one heartbeat away
Echo—pray.
Aerodynamically, we float alike butterflies
Echo—skies
breath along with your silent words
Echo—swords
Written: February 11, 2023
A Brian Strand Choice No 1185 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
ECHO VERSE The formula for echo verse is rather straightforward: Repeat the last syllable (or syllables) of each line. Sincere gratitude is extended to Brian Strand, who pioneered the use of this format.
Warsaw 1940 certain inhabitants designated
A health risk were ordered to strip naked
Had to shower to become clean this ploy
Caused public humiliation, and showed
Dominence there was also mass quarrantine
Also to your own house that was
Useless in its 'so called mission'
And in fact caused a rise in infection
As the immune systems of people
Lowered due to length of confinement
this was a take on the tried and
Tested method (the public heakth emergancy)
Pioneered earlier that decade in Germany
In declaring a public health emergency i think
In 1933?, this enabled opening the way for martial law
Which was the springboard hitler craved to get
Complete control of the German populace
Any person of Germanic nationality over the age
Of forty years in age, should be able to validate
These events as also george psoriasus and
klaus the louse would be emminently qualified
To so do.' At this moment in the UK a rise in
Typhoid cases is being flagged up by the health
Department..
The Nicholsons Wiiliam& Ben
English artist men
Landscape Father Bill ,the son pioneered abstract
Ben married sculptor Hepworth to be more exact
O Women, the mothers and sisters,
That the world can treat you like this!
You were heroes from the start
When you left your father's house
Aiming to build your own nest.
This you'd do in a foreign land,
The home of the man!
Mother, caterer, dairy,teacher,
Social worker, cook, laundress,
Sometimes even lecturer, judge,
Lawyer, politician, whatever!
But there are some who see you
Merely as low hanging fruit
For ridicule and abuse!
You pioneered in the struggle for freedom
But when it came you were pushed aside.
You're now faced with another struggle:
The fight for gender equality!
Men want to keep you in your place.
Wish you strength and luck!
Your battle is an uphill one
Because your man is compromised!
His work is to support you
But here , he is unemployed.
It's an anomalous situation!
In truth half the world is sick!
And it comes to you!
My humble suggestion would be:
Carry on fighting for your house.
Honour your man come rain or shine
Whether he has or he hasn't!
Continue making your house a home.
You'll be truly accomplished!
And have God in your life!
The Alleys of Virtual Municipalities
By David J Walker
I love walking
the rutted roads
Running in
hidden groves
Through
the residential jungles
the rambling
backyard boulevards
dividing the
single file plies of
dirt and gravel
A straight line between
Picket fenced fortresses of
Flimsy privacy providing
Trash truck Sunday drivers with a
A No man’s land-bound with trees &
Treasures found by
dumpster divers
I love listening
To the feral catcalls
in the last stand of
wildland
Overruled by skulks of city foxes
I love trekking
The pioneered turnpikes
On fast mountain bikes
Riding & reading between
the telephone lines
mapped by
XYZ Municipalities and
The vague virtual realities of
An alley’s informalities
I love the
Tell all tall tales
Of what fails to be
Needed anymore
Underscored by
Overflowing dumpsters
Both Orville and Wilbur Wright,
Two brothers who pioneered flight.
When at Kitty Hawk, in North Carolina,
They first flew their forerunner, of the modern airliner.
Sponsor Regina McIntosh.
Clerihew poetry contest.
12 / 28 / 2020.
her youth
disheveled
tossed about
mishandled
stolen innocence
to inner turbulence
behind closed doors
the secrets silenced
hushed and harsh
misguided and abandoned
grown roots of despair
from a desiccated soul
irrevocably damaged goods
left to her own devices
in a world of predators
without defense
made it out on her own
pioneered a safe haven
for hurt feathered creatures
on wings of love to heal the scars
Read on air by invitation ~ March 27, 2022 'POETS HARBOUR'
AP: 3rd place 2021, Honorable Mention 2022
hurly hemp hoisted
bounty brains busted
callous confetti contracted
dainty dreg attracted
dark drips dribbled
crumbling crest crippled
bogus bills braced
punctured pill paved
felon feasts feigned
sassy syllables seeped'n
tactic trends, feeds
vying voluptuous creed
lofty themes lurched
pioneered pulpy purge.
'20:03:09:15:53
Note: Dedicated to John Milton.
Can you believe that I am not afraid
when sentiments are none but what is feared.
For Christmas presents wrapped have still appeared,
and all the debt life needed has been paid.
If only my deep thoughts could be conveyed...
I may have been the one who interfered
with passionate remains that pioneered;
but I have seen the green the world has made.
My walls are lined with all the laughter worn,
the film I used became what joy could be.
I live a life in empty fields of thirst,
black rooms with withered photos lost and torn
and seeing all the waste of life’s debris;
believing in a world where peace comes first.
1.8.20
Open Me First Poetry Contest
Craig Cornish
Science's
True
Enthusiast
Pioneered
Hope
Eternal
Notwithstanding
Withered
Human
Admonitions!
Who
Knows
If
Noosphere*
Goes On?
_______
*Noosphere - the sphere of human thought, from Teilhard de Chardin
(In Honor of Dr. Stephen W. Hawking, 1942 - 2018)
2/25/2019
Peace
they said
Pioneers unseen Joy.
Then how about Love?
Sustains what have been pioneered.
8/11/16
Looking into a mirror
With smudges and smears
New things each and every year
Across the hemispheres
I'll tell you what, I no longer care to hear
About any theory of if you think the end is near
I'm being sincere
Across the entire frontier
Got to take it to the next gear
As opportunites appear
Thinking wise, it's all so clear
No need to fear
Seriously try to be successful with your career
Otherwise the results just may be severe
And you'd be lucky to be left with a souvenir
Believe me, you've got to persevere
And steer
Regardless of if you ever want to contribute and volunteer
As meteor showers and falling stars premiere far away and close to here
Pay attention, listen and use your ears
Among forests with deers and by the piers
Anytime and place, below and above the atmosphere
Where humans any anything else has and hasn's pioneered
By: Dalton Ogletree
Psalmic Poem
Day by Day
At the crossed roads to my desire
I've not gotten what I enquire
I'm happy for those I
inspire
And it makes me to wish never to retire
God , on my glory many have conspired
They want to light it up in a terrible fire
Their evil plans I know have been wired
Give them to me to be conquered
Bring their plans down like an Honda
And scatter their meetings with your thunder
With my greatness do not put assunder
And help me bless my mother
Protect oh God, my father
Never let my loved ones be murdered
Don't let my heart be bothered
And help me cross this invincible border
You are my rock and my helper
In the time of storm, you are my shelter
God, let your enemies scatter
Let them know for me you cater
Unto you oh Lord, I want to be closer
Please unto thee draw me nearer
As u bring to my humble heart
That old childhood song I used to sing to the most high
Day by day, dear Lord , God three things I pray
To see thee more clearly!
Love thee more dearly!
Follow thee more nearly!
Day by day! Amen
This is a dynamic initiative to poem, pioneered by Faniyi James. Remember God in the days of thy youth.
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